Tag: ALBA

Fifth Extraordinary Meeting of ALBA-TCP Political Council Caracas, June 8, 2016 On the occasion of the Fifth Extraordinary Meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) Political Council, held in Caracas, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, June 8, 2016, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ALBA-TCP member…

Letter from the world social movements to the President of the United States of America Barack Hussein Obama Dear Mr. President, We, representatives from social movements worldwide, have seen with bewilderment and indignation how on the 9th of March 2015 you decreed a national emergency in your country in order to confront Venezuela by labelling it…

#ObamaRepealTheExecutiveOrder SIGN THE PETITION HERE UNASUR STATEMENT The member states of the Union of South American. Nations (UNASUR) manifest their rejection of the Executive Order issued on March 9, 2015 by the government of the United States of America, for it constitutes a threat of interference against sovereignty and the principle of non-intervention in other…

PHOTO STREAMING HERE In Ottawa, capital of Canada, despite adverse weather conditions, social organizations, solidarity groups, students and progressive Canadians, from Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, joined the International Day of Solidarity with the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its Constitutional President Nicolas Maduro Moros. The delegations met at the Venezuelan Embassy, where they…

A panel discussion on democracy and human rights in Venezuela was held March 12 in Ottawa that featured Wilmer Omar Barrientos Fernández, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Canada and two other speakers. The event generated considerable interest and every seat was quickly filled. The program opened with a screening of the film…

March 5 marks the second anniversary since the death of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Chavez led the process that transformed Venezuela away from neoliberal failure. But his impact was much wider: He was at the heart of processes that forged new unity in South America, beginning to overturn decades of U.S. domination and he has become an international…

This past Thursday, 26 of February, at the University of Toronto campus the Foum “Venezuelan Democracy Under Attack”, with the outstanding presentation of MG Wilmer Barrientos, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Canada, provided the audience with a true account of what is the current situation in Venezuela and how the country is…

On Thursday February 19 The Guardian published an edited version of the below, initiated by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign and signed in less than 48 hours by prominent figures from across British society, including filmmaker John Pilger, writer and broadcaster Tariq Ali, writer Richard Gott, journalist Victoria Brittain, actor Andy De La Tour, poet Linton…

by teleSUR English In the recording, opposition members detail their plans to create violent conflicts outside supermarkets in order to provoke repression by state security forces. Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro revealed on Wednesday a recording that allegedly shows a plot by members of the right-wing opposition to sow chaos near supermarkets. President Maduro shared the recording during…

By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim Venezuelanalysis.com 7 November 2013 Merida – Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has announced a slew of policy reforms aimed at combating speculation and hoarding, along with the creation of new government institutions to regulate trade and oversee foreign currency exchange. “We have to make real decisions for the benefit of the economy and society, whatever…